Rapid growth in hosted payloads, satellite miniaturisation and major innovations in communication & navigation applications are some factors boosting growth.

The Global Satellite Payloads Market, which accounted for $10.98bn in 2017, is expected to reach an estimated $26.51bn by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 10.3% during the forecast period, according to Stratistics MRC.

Rapid growth in hosted payloads, satellite miniaturisation and major innovations in communication & navigation applications are some factors boosting growth. However, high expenditure on development is a major restraint hampering the market. Moreover, cost reduction in satellite and exposure of OTT platforms in the TV industry will provide significant opportunities for the market growth over the forecast period.

Based on the orbit type, the LEO (low earth orbit) segment is expected to lead the market, due to its wide variety of applications in earth observation, remote sensing, and mobile & telecommunication services. Every minute details of the earth surface can be observed through these satellites and that have boosted the importance. With low-risk entry to orbit, practical space quality, productive in-orbit data, and mission survival capability are the additional add on’s with these payloads. In many LEO and Geostationary Equatorial Orbit (GEO), hosted payload approach has been widely used.

In terms of geography, North America is expected to be the largest and the fastest growing market during the forecast period, owing to the presence of major key players and rising government investments on space technologies.

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